Posts tagged with ‘royal mail’

A row is emerging over whether the Queen’s head will remain on postage stamps when the Royal Mail is privatised as per the government’s plans. Ever since the first ever stamp, the Penny Black, British stamps have featured the head of the monarch. In the ’60s, the then Postmaster-General Tony Benn, a well-known republican, proposed […]

Today, the government has announced that 2500 post offices are to close. It’s hardly surprising (and not just because the scale of the closures was leaked, and because it’s been under discussion for a long time). People now prefer to have their pension or benefits paid into their bank account. They pay utility bills or […]

I’ve noticed that a lot of visitors are reaching my site by searching for information on UK postcodes. So I might as well say something about them, and link to some sites I find useful. The system of postcodes in the UK is (almost?) unique as a postcode pinpoints a small number of addresses – […]

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Sad to head of the loss of Jóhann Jóhannsson today. I first came across him in 2006 when he released "IBM 1401, A User's Manual" featuring a computer's sounds recorded by his father in 1971. bit.ly/2Em3Y36~1 month agoReplyRetweetFavourite